Reihan, Shaked, Sat 9.2.13, Morning
Translation: Yael Bassis-Student
0720-0750 Tura-Shaked checkpoint
The site is open, busy traffic on both sides. One of those crossing says that there are many people inside.
We are approached by this person whose son, a resident of Tura (West Bank) is married to a woman from Barta'a (Seam Line zone) who is pregnant. His passage permit hasn't been renewed and he does not know the reason for it or if and when such permit would be given to him. Another person complained that the gate opens in the morning only at 7:00 and he'd prefer it to be opened at 6:00, thus reducing crowding and being late for work . On Saturday it can be opened at 7:00. We hear a cat's howl and agree that the only creature that does not require a passage permit is that cat.
0800 – 0845 Barta'a checkpoint
As usual on Saturdays, the checkpoint is most crowded and this morning even more so. At this early hour there are quite a few well attired families who cross from one side to the other, perhaps there is some sort of an event in the area. One of those coming out reports many people inside. He doesn't know what has happened today. Another individual says that the computers inside are stuck causing the delays. Others say that despite the crowding, it took the, 5 minutes to go through.
We've noticed two innovations; At the upper part of the sleeve, opposite the exit from the vehicles' inspection post, a sheet-metal fence has been installed, on the open sides of the sleeve. Do they plan to enclose the entire sleeve? And how would we be able to appreciate the growing of the flower garden and other wonders of that place?
At the car park we noticed a few concrete blocks. What is their purpose? Never a dull moment over here.
Barta’a-Reihan Checkpoint
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This checkpoint is located on the Separation Fence route, east of the Palestinian town of East Barta’a. The latter is the largest Palestinian community inside the seam-line zone (Barta’a Enclave) in the northern West Bank. Western Barta’a, inside Israel, is adjacent to it. The Checkpoint is open all week from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Since mid-May 2007, the checkpoint has been managed by a civilian security company subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. People permitted to cross through this checkpoint into and from the West Bank are residents of Palestinian communities inside the Barta’a Enclave as well as West Bank Palestinian residents holding transit permit. Jewish settlers from Hermesh and Mevo Dotan cross here without inspection. A large, modern terminal is active here with 8 windows for document inspection and biometric tests (eyes and fingerprints). Usually only one or two of the 8 windows are in operation. Goods, up to medium commercial size, may pass here from the West Bank into the Barta’a Enclave. A permanent registered group of drives who have been approved by the may pass with farm produce. When the administration of the checkpoint was turned over to a civilian security firm, the Ya’abad-Mevo Dotan Junction became a permanent checkpoint. . It is manned by soldiers who sit in the watchtower and come down at random to inspect vehicles and passengers (February 2020).
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Tura-Shaked
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Tura-Shaked
This is a fabric of life* checkpoint through which pedestrians, cabs and private cars (since 2008) pass to and from the West Bank and the Seam-line Zone to and from the industrical zone near the settler-colony Shaked, schools and kindergartens, and Jenin university campuses. The checkpoint is located between Tura village inside the West Bank and the village of Dahar Al Malah inside the enclave of the Seam-line Zone. It is opened twice a day, between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., and from 12 noon to 7 p.m. People crossing it (at times even kindergarten children) are inspected in a bungalow with a magnometer. Names of those allowed to cross it appear in a list held by the soldiers. Usually traffic here is scant.
- fabric of life roads and checkpoints, as defined by the Terminals Authority in the Ministry of Defense (fabric of life is a laundered name that does not actually describe any kind of humanitarian purpose) are intended for Palestinians only. These roads and checkpoints have been built on lands appropriated from their Palestinian owners, including tunnels, bypass roads, and tracks passing under bridges. Thus traffic can flow between the West Bank and its separated parts that are not in any kind of territorial contiguity with it. Mostly there are no permanent checkpoint on these roads but rather ‘flying’ checkpoints, check-posts or surprise barriers. At Toura, a small (less than one dunam) and sleepy checkpoint has been established, which has filled up with the years with nearly .every means of supervision and surveillance that the Israeli military occupation has produced. (February 2020)
Mar-21-2022Anin Checkpoint: A magnificent breach in the center of the checkpoint
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